“It’s hard to make sense of this, but his legacy and work must continue,” reads the fundraiser, started by philanthropist Ron Conway.
Jennifer Hensel and Jeremy Richman, the parents of Avielle Richman, 6, along with David Wheeler, right, the father of Benjamin Wheeler, 6, attend the launch of the Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit created in response to the 2012 elementary school shooting that claimed the lives of six school staffers and 20 children, including their 6-year-olds.
Richman tried to make something positive of his daughter’s memory. In an effort to try to understand what happened on a scientific level, Richman and Avielle’s mother, Jennifer Hensel, both scientists, founded a nonprofit that aims to prevent violence through brain research. They called it Avielle Foundation: Preventing Violence & Building Compassion.
With the idea of picking up Richman’s research where he left off, Silicon Valley investor and philanthropist Ron Conway launched a GoFundMe for the Avielle Foundation and contributed $100,000. He called it “Carrying on Jeremy’s mission,” and wrote that he hopes others will donate to show support for what Richman started but couldn’t continue.
Conway said Richman did not seem suicidal, but he seemed “melancholy.” Richman showed Conway photos of his two children, whom he and his wife had after Avielle was killed, and Richman noted how much his daughter resembles Avielle, Conway said.Since the GoFundMe went up Monday evening, donations have reached about $125,000.
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